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Role Based Access Control for the World Wide Web

October 10, 1997
Author(s)
John Barkley, Anthony V. Cincotta, David F. Ferraiolo, Serban I. Gavrila, David R. Kuhn
… One of the most challenging problems in managing large networked systems is the complexity of … system individually. Role based access control (RBAC) is a technology that is attracting increasing attention, … the complexity and cost of security administration in large networked applications. This paper describes …

A Tribometer for Measurements in Hostile Environments

June 1, 1993
Author(s)
Andrew Slifka, J Chaudhuri, R Compos, James D. Siegwarth
… A tribometer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado is used to measure the coefficient of friction and the wear rate for various specimens in a controlled atmosphere of oxygen or non-corrosive gas. … A Tribometer for Measurements in Hostile Environments …

User-Centered Processes for Studying Human Interaction with Virtual Environments and Human-Human Interaction in Virtual Environments

Author(s)
Theresa O'Connell, Kevin Workman, Wyatt Wong
… while playing cooperative and competitive serious games in VEs. It explains the derivation and application of these … of human interaction with VEs and human-human interactions in VEs. The processes were applied to studying digital natives, people who grew up using technology. They can be extended to studies of other human …

EPA: LAG No. DW-13-93903501-0 Expanding a Tool for Predicting Chloride Diffusivity in Concrete So It Can Be Used by Manufacturers to Evaluate the Durability of Concrete Made With Blended Cements. Part I: Characterizing Blended Cement Materials. Final Repo

December 1, 2004
Author(s)
X Feng, Edward J. Garboczi, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Dale P. Bentz, Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, T O. Mason
… Chloride Diffusivity in Concrete So It Can Be Used by Manufacturers to Evaluate the Durability of Concrete Made …

Single-photon Sources and Detectors Dictionary

August 4, 2025
Author(s)
Joshua Bienfang, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver Slattery
… dictionary is to define relevant terms and metrics used in the characterization of single-photon detectors and … communication of those metrics across the single-photon technology community. With the recent emergence and …

2025 NIST GenAI (Pilot) Evaluation Plan for Image Generators

March 14, 2025
Author(s)
George Awad, Hariharan Iyer, Seungmin Seo, Peter Fontana, Yooyoung Lee
… In this NIST Generative AI (GenAI) program, we invite and … industry, and other research labs to support research in Generative AI. GenAI is an evaluation series that provides … evaluation will help determine strengths and weaknesses in their approaches, including insights about how and when …

Recommendations on fit-for-purpose criteria to establish a quality management for microphysiological systems (MPS) and for monitoring of their reproducibility

May 14, 2024
Author(s)
David Pamies, Jason Ekert, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich, Olivier Frey, Sophie Werner, MONICA PIERGIOVANNI, Benjamin Freedman, Adrian Keong, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Hendrik Erfurth, Peter Loskill, Pelin Candarlioglu, Shan Wang, Thomas Hartung, Sandra Coecke, Glyn Stacey, Marcel Leist
… Cell culture technology has seen great innovations and progress in the 21st centuryClassical single-cell and monolayer models … spheroids, organoids) to improve the predictivity of in vitro data for tissues and whole organisms. New culture …

Report from the 2022 NIST Rapid Microbial Testing Methods (RMTM) Workshop

August 15, 2023
Author(s)
Stephanie Servetas, Nancy Lin, Nadratun Chowdhury, Scott Jackson, Jason Kralj, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Melody Sanders, Tara Eskandari
… testing confirming the absence of microbial contamination in advanced therapy products is critical to establishing … Microbial Detection. Invited speakers also participated in panel discussions that actively engaged audience members … learning on the state of the field for RMTMs and hurdles in their broad adoption, consequently benefiting a diverse …

Deep Sequencing and Molecular Characterisation of BK Virus and JC Virus WHO International Reference Materials for Clinical Diagnostic Use

May 30, 2023
Author(s)
Sheila Govind, Martin Fritzsche, Adrian Jenkins, Megan Cleveland, Peter Vallone, Neil Almond, Clare Morris, Neil Berry
… procedures can lead to adverse clinical outcomes. In renal transplant recipients BKV-associated nephropathy can result in graft loss, while prolonged immunomodulatory drug use can … multifocal leukoencephalopathy after JCV reactivation. In such patients, accurate BK and JC viral load …

Roadmap of spin-orbit torques

May 10, 2021
Author(s)
Qiming Shao, Li Peng, Luqiao Liu, Hyunsoo Yang, Shunsuke Fukami, Armin Razavi, Hao Wu, Kang L. Wang, Frank Freimuth, Yuriy Mokrousov, Mark D. Stiles, Satoru Emori, Axel Hoffmann, Johan Akerman, Kaushik Roy, Jian-Ping Wang, See-Hun Yang, Kevin Garello, Wei Zhang
… Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin- orbit coupling, … of SOT has spurred a variety of SOT-based applications. In this Roadmap paper, we first review the theories of SOTs …

QARTOD - Prospects for Real-Time Quality Control Manuals, How to Create Them, and a Vision for Advanced Implementation

September 28, 2020
Author(s)
Mark Bushnell, Kathleen Bailey, Julie Bosch, Eugene Burger, Jennifer Dorton, Regina Easley, Bob Heitsenrether, Jeff King, Karen Grissom, Mario Tamburri, Julianna Thomas, Christoph Waldmann
… for future observations. QARTOD, an ad hoc effort started in 2003 to ensure the quality of real-time data, is now a … streams are employed, 2) data are disseminated and used in real-time, and 3) there is sufficient community expertise …

Method for Evaluating Ion Mobility Spectrometers for Trace Detection of Fentanyl and Fentanyl- related Substances

November 8, 2019
Author(s)
Jennifer R. Verkouteren, Jeffrey Lawrence, R. Michael Verkouteren, Edward Sisco
… Continuing efforts to combat the opioid crisis in the U.S. require technologies that can detect the presence … to guide the development of a method. Reproducibility in reduced mobilities (K0) of ± 0.01 cm2 V-1 s-1 for all 16 … compounds to be uniquely identified while 5 are identified in pairs, with the 11 compounds representing those most …

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Building Code-Based Residential Database Technical Manual: Update

July 19, 2018
Author(s)
Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, David Webb, Anne Landfield Greig, Sangwon Suh
… Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has addressed this high priority national … based measures of the business case for investment choices in high-performance green buildings. Building Industry … and 5 two-story of a various of conditioned floor area) in 228 cities across all U.S. states for study period lengths …

Large magneto-optical Kerr effect and real-time imaging of magnetic domain in an antiferromagnet

January 26, 2018
Author(s)
Daniel B. Gopman, Robert D. Shull, Yury Kabanov, Huiyan Man, L. Wu, O.M.J. van 't Erve, D. Rees, Yufan Li, S. Pantakar, C L. Chien, J Orenstein, Tomoya Higo, Satoru Nakatsuji
… Kerr effect (MOKE) been intensively studied in a variety of ferro- and ferrimagnetic materials owing to … applications including magneto-optical recording technology as well as for the optimization of candidate … devices. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in antiferromagnets as prospective spintronic materials for …

Infiltration and Ventilation in a Very Tight Home

September 23, 2015
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich
… was constructed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the development and adoption of … The 250 m2 two-story, unoccupied NZERTF was completed in 2012 with the following design goals: meeting the comfort … design and careful construction techniques, resulting in one of the tightest residential buildings in North America …

New Improved System for WWVB Broadcast

November 14, 2011
Author(s)
John P. Lowe, Matthew J. Deutch, Glenn K. Nelson, Douglas D. Sutton, William C. Yates, Peder Hansen, Oren Eliezer, Tom Jung, Stephen Morrison, Yingsi Liang, Dinesh Rajan, Sidharth Balasubramanian, Arun Ramasami, Waleed Khalil
… of the time-code signal has not undergone major changes in its communications protocol and modulation scheme since … AM audio broadcasting at the time, whereas present day technology allows much more efficient methods for … of the signal’s phase involves greater complexity, today’s technology allows for such implementation to be realized in a …

Formation of Silicon-Based Molecular Electronic Structures Using Flip-chip Lamination

August 11, 2009
Author(s)
Mariona Coll Bau, Lauren H. Miller, Lee J. Richter, Daniel R. Hines, Curt A. Richter, Christina A. Hacker
… perspective but for many technological applications. In particular, organic molecules have been proposed as active … of molecule-based devices with conventional CMOS technology. Moreover, chemical bonding to silicon is covalent in nature, giving rise to potentially more robust organic …

Reference Metrology in a Research Fab: The NIST Clean Calibrations Thrust

April 12, 2009
Author(s)
Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Joseph Fu, Thomas B. Renegar, Xiaoyu A. Zheng, Theodore V. Vorburger, Albert M. Hilton, Marc J. Cangemi, Lei Chen, Michael A. Hernandez, Russell E. Hajdaj, Michael R. Bishop, Aaron Cordes
… In 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology … component of the new Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) at NIST. Although the CNST/NanoFab is a … Reference Metrology in a Research Fab: The NIST Clean Calibrations Thrust …

Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration of Ionization Chambers in a 60 Co Gamma-Ray Beam

September 1, 2006
Author(s)
Ronaldo Minniti, J Shobe, Stephen M. Seltzer, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, S R. Domen
… to convert the measurement from graphite to water. In 1989, a water calorimeter was introduced at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which was to replace the graphite … for conversion factors were eliminated with this new technology, a calibration service based on the water …

Emergency Response Operations (Appendices A-L). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-8) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
James R. Lawson, R Vettori
… Center (WTC) caused the deaths of 2,749 people. Included in the group were approximately 421 emergency responders from … firms, and volunteer emergency responders who were in the WTC area of the city when the attack occurred. This … of WTC 7; (2) identify issues that need to be addressed in changes to practice, standards, and codes; (3) identify …

Emergency Response Operations. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-8) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
James R. Lawson, R Vettori
… Center (WTC) caused the deaths of 2,749 people. Included in the group were approximately 421 emergency responders from … firms, and volunteer emergency responders who were in the WTC area of the city when the attack occurred. This … of WTC 7; (2) identify issues that need to be addressed in changes to practice, standards, and codes; (3) identify …

Effect of Nanoscale Surface Roughness of Polymeric Biomaterials on Cell Function (Poster session)

December 25, 2004
Author(s)
Carl G. Simon Jr., Naomi Eidelman, N Washburn
… biomedical polymers. Thus, we have used a gradient technology to explore the effects of processing on cell … of polymeric biomaterials, we have also used a gradient technology to explore the effects of polymer blending on cell behavior. A polymer blend gradient library in the form of a thin film was made from two common …

The DOE2000 Materials MicroCharacterization Collaboratory

January 1, 1998
Author(s)
E Voelkl, K Alexander, J Mabon, M O'Keefe, Michael T. Postek, M Wright, N J. Zaluzec
… software development, modeling, and measurement. In addition, collaboratories will benefit researchers by … MMC project is the NAMT program of NIST. To ensure that technology benefits are not restricted merely to … Instruments, Inc., JEOL-USA, SUN MicroSystems, and Graham Technology Solutions. The MMC will link these organizations, …
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